The Los Angeles Clippers have agreed to commerce P.J. Tucker and Mo Bamba to the Utah Jazz for Patty Mills and Drew Eubanks, an individual with data of the state of affairs advised The Related Press on Saturday.
There’s a future second-round draft decide concerned within the deal as effectively, in accordance with the one who spoke to the AP on situation of anonymity as a result of the commerce had not but obtained NBA approval.
ESPN first reported the settlement. The commerce deadline is Thursday afternoon.
The transfer would get the Clippers underneath the luxurious tax threshold and supply potential flexibility for different additions this season. Bamba appeared in 28 video games this season for the Clippers, averaging 4.6 factors and 4.3 rebounds.
Tucker has not performed for the Clippers this season. He and the staff agreed in October that he wouldn’t be across the membership, which has been attempting to commerce the 39-year-old for a while.
Tucker joined the Clippers final season after being a part of the deal that additionally landed James Harden from the Philadelphia 76ers. He is within the closing 12 months of a three-year, $33 million contract and could possibly be a buyout candidate.
Eubanks, who turned 28 on Saturday, averaged 5.8 factors for the Jazz this season. Mills — an NBA veteran who was a part of San Antonio’s 2014 championship staff — averaged 4.4 factors in 17 appearances with Utah.
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